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Staunton Spectator: May 12, 1868 Go To Page : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |

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Summary: The paper urges voters to defeat the constitution to avoid black male suffrage and subjection of whites to "cuffeeites."

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Summary: The paper urges whites to vote to defeat the prospect of "Negro Sheriffs and Carpet Baggers" having authority over white estates.

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Summary: The paper asserts that defeat of the constitution is defeat for the iron-clad oath.

Conservative State Convention
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Summary: The paper prints the proceedings of the convention of conservative politicians.
(Names in announcement: John B. Baldwin, Bolivar Christian)

Ladies' Supper
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Summary: The ladies of Staunton's M. E. Church (South) will give a supper at the Town Hall on May 26th.

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Summary: Gen. D. H. Hill lectured before the Staunton Lyceum on southern education and southern literature. The group adjourned until October.

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Summary: The ladies of the Presbyterian Church will hold a fair in the Town Hall on June 1st. They will offer many items for sale, and also hold a dinner.

Public Speaking
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Summary: Maj. Y. Howe Peyton will speak at the Court House on political issues. He will also appear at Waynesboro and Mount Solon. Bolivar Christian, B. Travers Phillips will speak at Churchville, Deerfield, and West View.
(Names in announcement: Maj. Y. Howe Peyton, Bolivar Christian, B. Travers Phillips)

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Summary: The paper urges voters to reject the "homestead bribe" that would help put "fools and knaves" in office.

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Summary: The paper rejoices at news that appears to suggest voters in Michigan will reject black suffrage.

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Summary: The paper addresses working men who complian about taxes and asserts that the new constitution will make them even higher.

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Summary: The paper asserts that every northern state has rejected black suffrage, and Virginians should as well.

Marriages
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Summary: Minnie A. Tipping of Staunton and Dr. D. Ed. Beall of West Virginia were married on May 6th at the residence of the bride's father by the Rev. Mr. Baker.
(Names in announcement: Minnie A. Tipping, Dr. D. Ed. Beall, Rev. Baker)

Marriages
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Summary: William N. Willson and Miss Mary V. Poague, daughter of James Poague, were married on May 7th by the Rev. Frank Bowman. Both bride and groom are from Augusta.
(Names in announcement: William N. Willson, Mary V. Poague, James Poague, Rev. Frank Bowman)

Deaths
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Summary: Claude Eugene Turner, son of Prof. A. J. and Kate M. Turner, died of typhoid fever on May 11th. He was 9 years old.
(Names in announcement: Claude Eugene Turner, Prof. A. J. Turner, Kate M. Turner)

Deaths
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Summary: James McComb died of dropsy of the chest at Barterbrook on May 9th. He was "upwards of 70 years of age."
(Names in announcement: James McComb)

Deaths
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Summary: Ella Franklin Ide and Annie Baldwin Ide, daughters of Louis Ide, died on May 4th. The girls were 8 and 6 respectively. "Weep not for those whom the veil of the tomb/In life's happy morning, hath hid from our eyes/Ere sin threw a blight o'er the spirit's young bloom,/Or earth hath profaned what was born for the skies,/Death chill'd the fair fountain, ere sorrow had stained it./'Twas forzen in all the pure light of its course,/And but sleeps till the sunshine of Heaven has unchain'd it,/To water that Eden where first was its source.
(Names in announcement: Ella Franklin Ide, Annie Baldwin Ide, Louis Ide)